C. F. VANMAANEN was born in Amsterdam, in 1841. He came to America in 1868, coming directly to St. Cloud, Minnesota; but soon after purchased a farm in St. George township, where he remained for four years. Then, returning to St. Cloud, he was employed as clerk in the Drug business. In 1874, he engaged in the same business on his own account. The year following, Mr. VanMaanen returned to his farm in this town, having since made it his home. In the year 1868, he was married to Miss Harriet A. Martin.

History of the Upper Mississippi Valley (1881) p. 367 [St George]